We're 3 tough gals
From deep down Texas way
We got no pals
They don't like the way we play
We're a rough rooting tooting shooting trio
But you ought to see my sister Cleo
She's a terror make no error
But there ain't no nicer terror
Here's what we tell her

Lay that pistol down, Babe
Lay that pistol down
Pistol packing mama
Lay that pistol down

Pappy made a batch of corn
The revenuers came
The draught was slow
So now they know
You can't do that to Mame

Lay that pistol down, Babe
Lay that pistol down
Pistol packing mama
Lay that pistol down

Oh, singing songs in a cabaret
Was I having fun
Until one night it didn't seem right
And now I'm on the run

people people
we gotta get over before we go under
people people
we gotta get over before we go under

hey country, didn't say what you meant
just changed the brand new funky president
stock market going up, jobs going down
there ain't no funky job to be found
tax keeps going up
i changed from a glass, now i drink from a paper cup
gettin' bad

people people
we gotta get over before we go under
listen to me
lets get together and raise
lets get together and get some land
raise our food like the man
save our money like the mob
put up the fight, own the job

tell em' godfather
turn on your funk motor
get down and praise the lord
get sexy sexy
get funky and dance
love me baby love me nice
don't make it once but can you make it twice? i like it

people people
we got to get over before we go under
people people
well well well before we go under

turn on your funk motor, i know its tough
turn on your funk motor, until you've had enough
hey give yourself a chance to come through
tell yourself i can do what you can do

hey! listen to the man!
Payback! Cold blooded!

people people! hey!
don't you see what's going on?
you got to get together!
get on your good foot! change it!
got to get together and get some land
raise our food just like the man!
i got to say it again
we got to get together and buy some land
raise our food just like the man
save our money, do like the mob
put up your fight, and own the job
we got to get over before we go under

country do you know just what i meant?
we just changed, got a brand new funky president

i need to be the mayor
so i could change a few things round here
i need to be the governor...

(dont look at me)
Everyday is so wonderful
And suddenly its hard to breathe
Now and then i'd get insecure
From all the pain
i'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they
say
words cant bring me down
i am beautiful in every single way
yes words cant bring me down oooo no
so dont you bring me down today

tell all your friends your dilereious
so comsumed in all you do
trying hard to fill the emptyness
the peice is gone
let the puzzle undone
and thats they way it is

Cuz You are beautiful
no matter what they say
words cant bring you down ohh noooo
cuz you are beautiful
In every single way yes
words cant bring you down ohhh no
so dont you bring me down today

No matter what we do(No matter what we do)
no matter what we say(no matter what we say)
Yeah its all inside the truth (yeahhhh)
full of beautiful mistakes
and everywhere we go (and everywhere we go)
the sun wont always shine (shine always always shine!)
SHINEE!!!!

Cuz we are beautiful
no matter what they say
words cant bring us down ohh noooo
we are beautiful
In every single way yes
words cant bring us down ohhh no
so dont you bring me down today
oooooooooooo
yeahhh
dont you bring me down todayyy
oo
dont you bring me down.....ooo
Today.....

Clouds above go sailing by
I found my meaning in this life
Clear white is flying in my eyes
Underneath a blue, blue sky
The waves come rolling in with the tide
Ive been away too long
And every day I missed you more
You look like you did before
Only prettier
Every day I love you more

All the people rushing by, by, by
Looking for meaning in this life
So used up, and blinded by lies
Theyre underneath the blue, blue sky
The way they seldom seem to smile
I dont know why

Cause Ive been away too long
And every day I missed you more
You look like you did before
Only prettier
Every day I love you more
I love you more
Everyday I love you more and more

Cause Ive been away too long
And every day I missed you more
You look like you did before
Only prettier
And every day I missed you more
And more and more and more and more
Ive been away too long
And every day I missed you more
Oh you look like you did before
Only prettier
Everyday I love you more

Close your eyes
Give me your hand
Darling, do you feel
My heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same
Or am I only dreaming?
Is this burning?
An eternal flame

I believe it's meant to be darling
I watch you when you're sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Or am I only dreaming?
But is this burning (burning)?
An eternal flame
Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
Of all life so lonely
Then come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling

Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
Of all life so lonely
Now come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same
Or am I only dreaming?

Or is this burning?
An eternal flame

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same
Or am I only dreaming?

Or is this burning?
An eternal flame

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darling
(Ooh yeah yeah)
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same
Or am I only dreaming?

Is this burning?
An eternal flame

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same
Or am I only dreaming?

know a girl
she puts the color inside of my world
she's just like a maze
where all of the walls all continually change

I've done all i can
to stand on the steps with my heart in my hands
Now i started to think
maybe its got nothing to do with me.

so fathers be good to your daughters,
daughters will love like you do,
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters too.

Oh

Oh you see that skin
its the same shes been standing in
since the day you two met
i bet i was on your mind
never ever any time

Oh yeah

so fathers be good to your daughters,
daughters will love like you do, yeah
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters too.

boys you can break
find out how much they can take
boys will be strong and
boys soldier on
but boys would be gone
without warmth of a woman's good good heart

on behalf of every man
looking out for every girl
you are the god and the weight of her world
on behalf of ever man
who's looking out for every girl
you are the god and you are the weight of her world

so fathers be good to your daughters,
daughters will love like you do,
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters too
so mothers be good to your daughters too
so mothers be good to your daughters too

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I learned the hard way, to never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
Over the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case theres just one left
Cause you know,
you know, you know

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming youll be with me
and youll never go
Stop breathing if
I dont see you anymore

One my knees, Ill ask
Last chance for one last dance
Cause with you, Id withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
Id give it all
Id give for us
Give anything but I wont give up
Cause you know,
you know, you know

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming youll be with me
and youll never go
Stop breathing if
I dont see you anymore

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
Cause Im not leaving
Hold on to me and
never let me go

Your words cut rather deeply,
they're just some other lies
I'm hiding from a distance,
I've got to pay the price
defending all against it,
I really don't know why
You're obsessed with all my secrets,
you always make me cry
you seem to wanna hurt me
no matter what I do
I'm telling just a couple,
but somehow it gets to you
but I've learned to get revenge
and I swear you'll experience
that some day

I'm sitting down here,
but hey you can't see me
kinda invisible ... You don't sense my stay
not really hiding,
not like a shadow
just thought I would join you for one day
I'm sitting down here,
but hey you can't see me

I'm not trying to avoid you,
just don't wanna hear your voice
when you call me up so often,
I don't really have a choice
You're trying like you know me,
and wanna be my friend
but that's really too late now,
I won't try it once again
you may think that I'm a loser,
that i don't really care you
may think that it's forgotten,
but you should be aware
cause I've learned to get revenge
and i swear you'll experience
that some day

I'm sitting down here,
but hey you can't see me
kinda invisible ... You don't sense my stay
not really hiding,
not like a shadow
just thought I would join you for one day
I'm sitting down here,
but hey you can't see me
kinda invisible ... You don't sense my stay
not really hiding,
not like a shadow
just thought I would join you for one day

You seem to wanna hurt me
no matter what I do
I'm telling just a couple,
but somehow it gets to you
but I've learned to get revenge
and i swear you'll experience
that some day

I'm sitting down here,
but hey you can't see me
kinda invisible ... You don't sense my stay
not really hiding,
not like a shadow
just thought I would join you for one day
I'm sitting down here,
but hey you can't see me
kinda invisible ... You don't sense my stay
not really hiding,
not like a shadow
just thought I would join you for one day

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she's bad, he can see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
if he puts her down

When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
it ought to be

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say
"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a leopardess above the Serengetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

For awhile, to love was all we could do
We were young and we knew
In our eyes were alive
Deep inside we knew our love was true
For awhile, we paid no mind to the past
We knew love would last
Every night, something right
Would invite us to begin the day

Something happened along the way
What used to be happy was sad
Something happened along the way
And yesterday was all we had

And, oh, after the love has gone
How could you lead me on
And not let me stay around ?
Oh, oh, oh, after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love thats lost be found ?

For awhile, to love each other with all
We would ever need
Love was strong for so long
Never knew that what was
Wrong, oh, baby, wasnt right
We tried to find what we had
Till sadness was all we shared
We were scared
This affair would lead our love into

Something happened along the way
Yesterday was all we had
Something happened along the way
What used to be happy is sad
Something happened along the way
Yesterday was all we had
And, oh, after the love has gone
How could you lead me on
And not let me stay around ?
Oh, oh, oh, after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love thats lost be found ?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love thats lost be found ?

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way

It's four o'clock,
The rain has stopped
He's in too deep,
He ran out of luck
Nowhere he can go,
And his old friends, they left the spot
because of the little time he's got
Not that they ever warned him though

If you can't give her space,
we're afraid it's too late
You got to let her go now
Or we can't help you,
Brother

All he thinks: the love is gone
The broken hearted they must be strong
And you've still got us
Well there's this yearning in the stomach
Pain and doubt,
About why she's done it
And pride that tells him to shut up

If you can't give her space,
we're afraid it's too late
You got to let her go now
Or we can't help you,
Brother

If you're willing to fight
Then you'll make it all right
You just got to let her go now,
Or we can't help you brother.

Lying in my bed, I hear
The clock tick and think of you
Caught up in circles
Confusion is nothing new
Flashback, warm nights
Almost left behind
A suitcase of memories
Time after...
Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You call out to me
I can't hear what you've said
You say, "Go slow, I fall behind."
The second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you I will be waiting
Time after time
After my picture fades And darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows
You're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets stolen, from deep inside
The drum beats out of time

You should've seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin missin
You should've known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn't listen
You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin

And though I know all about those men
Still I don't remember
Cause it was us baby, way before then
And we're still together
And I meant, every word I said
When I said that I love you I meant
That I love you forever

And I'm gonna keep on lovin you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep
I just wanna keep on lovin you

(solo)

And I meant every word I said
When I said that I love you I meant
That I love you forever

I've run out of complicated theories
So now I'm taking back my words
and I'm preparing for the breakdown
Your t-shirt's lost its smell of you
and the bathroom's still a mess
remind me why we decided this was for the best

Because I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you
love..

I know the distance is a factor
but I stretch as often as I can
my goal's to reach your hands any day now
please don't blame me for trying
to fix this one last time
I have a hard time as it is

Because I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love

Don't act like you don't know me
It's still me I've never changed
I'll be here when you come back

and I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you love
I miss you
love..

Another day
Staring out of my window
Thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
Wishing things would clear
No nee to rush
I ain't gonna worry
Any moment my sorrow
Is bound to disappear

Sometimes I tell myself
I'm better off without you
And then I have to face the emptiness
I feel inside without you
And find a way to make it through another day

I need a way
to find the truth within me
Accept the fact that I love you
My blue eternity
I hear they say
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
I must have the heart of a lion
Sifting through love's remains

Sometimes I tell myself
I'm better off without you
And then I have to face the emptiness
I feel inside without you
And find a way to make it through another day

My love for you is etched
Forever in my memory
Now I realize that life goes on
Even though you're not here with me
I wake up looking forward to another day
A day of living without you
Just another day

Showbiz/bullshit dinners and the free champagne
Men in suits who think they know it all
No one knows me but they know my name
That's not real to me

Hotel lobby to the aeroplane
Another country but they start to look the same
Watch the world behind a windowpane
That's not real to me

When I see my babies run
When all the madness has been and gone
I raise my family and live in peace
Now that's what's real to me
Real to me

Dying flowers in a dressing room
A dangerous time to let your head make up its own mind
Got me thinking that the spirit's flown
That's not real to me

When I see my babies run
When all the madness has been and gone
I raise my family and live in peace
Now that's what's real to me

Picnics in the garden and the children they can play
The first day of the summer and I laze here all the day
And we'll invite the family round and drink some English tea
Then I raise up me finger and watch football on TV

Now that's what's real to me

When I see my babies run
When all the madness has been and gone
I raise my family and live in peace
Now that's what's real to me
That's what's real to me
Real to me

I need you girl
I couldn't live a day without you
Well I tried to write a special song
A love song just for you
To explain the way you make you feel inside
Thought the meaning may be simple
And the words may not be new
I couldn't make it clearer if I tried
I need you
And I couldn't live a day without you
I need you
More than anyone I ever know
I need you
And I wanna build my world around you
I need you
I need you
Well I sang the words and realized
It had all been said before
So I tried a different rhyme that meant the same
But it didn't have the feeling
And the first one said much more
So I guess I'll have to say it once again
I need you
And I couldn't live a day without you
I need you
More than anyone could ever know (More than anyone could ever know)
Couldn't live a day without you girl
I need you and I wanna build my world around you
Baby I need you
Oh I need you (Baby)
Couldn't live a day without you
More than anyone could ever know (More than anyone could ever know)
Couldn't live a day without you girl
I need you and I wanna build my world around you
I need you
I need you (I need you)
(I want you) And I couldn't live a day without you (Couldn't live a day without you)
I need you (Yeah yeah)
More than anyone could ever know (More than anyone could ever know)
I need you (I need you)
(I want you) And I couldn't live a day without you (Couldn't live a day without you)
I need you (Yeah yeah)
I need you
Well I tried a special song
A love song just for you
I need you

Living on free food tickets
Water in the milk from a hole in the roof
Where the rain came through, what can you do, mmm
Tears from your little sister
Crying because she doesn't have a dress without a patch
For the party to go but you know she'll get by

'Cause she's living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of a family man (ah ah ya)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can (so cold)
And she can

It's a good thing you don't have busfare (it's a good thing, ouch)
It would fall through the hole in your pocket and you'd lose it
In the snow on the ground (ow, ah ah ya)
You gotta walk into town to find a job (what's it now)
Tryin' to keep your hands warm (it's so cold)
When the hole in your shoe let the snow come through
And chill you to the bone (brrr cha)
Somehow you'd better go home where it's warm

Where you can live in a love of the common people
Smile from the heart of a family man (ah ah ya)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can (so cold)
And she can

Living on a dream ain't easy
But the closer the knit the tighter the fit (the closer the knit)
And the chills stay away (ow, ah ah ya)
Just to take 'em in stride for family pride
You know that faith is your foundation (ooh now, ooh now, ooh now)
With a whole lotta love and a warm conversation
But don't forget to pray (forget to pray)
Just making it strong where you belong

And we're living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of a family man (what's it now)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can (you're so cold)
And she can

Yes, we're living in the love of the common people
Smile's from the heart of a family man (ah ah ya)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can (you're so cold)
Living in the love of the common people
Smile's from the heart of a family man (what's it now)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can (you're so cold)
Living in the love of the common people
Smile's really hard on a family man (ah ah ya)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can
And she can

Ooh, now let's get down tonight
Baby I'm hot just like an oven
I need some lovin'
And baby, I can't hold it much longer
It's getting stronger and stronger
And when I get that feeling
I want Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing, oh baby
Makes me feel so fine
Helps to relieve my mind
Sexual Healing baby, is good for me
Sexual Healing is something that's good for me
Whenever blue tear drops are falling
And my emotional stability is leaving me
There is something I can do
I can get on the telephone and call you up baby, and
Honey I know you'll be there to relieve me
The love you give to me will free me
If you don't know the things you're dealing
I can tell you, darling, that it's Sexual Healing
Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up, let's make love tonight
Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, 'cos you do it right
Baby I got sick this morning
A sea was storming inside of me
Baby I think I'm capsizing
The waves are rising and rising
And when I get that feeling
I want Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing is good for me
Makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
Helps to relieve the mind, and it's good for us
Sexual Healing, baby, is good for me
Sexual Healing is something that's good for me
And it's good for me and it's good to me
My baby ohhh
Come take control, just grab a hold
Of my body and mind soon we'll be making it
Honey, oh we're feeling fine
You're my medicine open up and let me in
Darling, you're so great
I can't wait for you to operate
I can't wait for you to operate
When I get this feeling, I need Sexual Healing (ad lib)

I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope, I'll be your love be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath truly madly deeply do..
I will be strong I will be faithful 'cos I'm counting on A new beginning.
A reason for living. A deeper meaning.

(CHORUS)

I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...

(VERSE 2)

And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish send it to heaven then make you want to cry..
The tears of joy for all the pleasure and the certainty.
That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of..
The highest power. In lonely hours. The tears devour you..
I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...

(BRIDGE)

Oh can't you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes 'cos it's standing right before you.
All that you need will surely come...

I'll be your dream I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope I'll be your love be everything that you need.
I'll love you more with every breath truly madly deeply do...

Doing everything that I believe in
Going by the rules that I've been taught
More understanding of what's around me
And protected from the walls of love
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
No point in talking what you should have been
And regretting the things that went on
Life's full of mistakes, destinies and fate
Remove the clouds look at the bigger picture
And all that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
All that you see is me
All I truly believe
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try

call you up in the middle of the night
like a firefly without a light
you were there like a blowtorch burning
i was a key that could use a little turning
so tired that i couldn't even sleep
so many secrets i couldn't keep
promised myself i wouldn't weep
one more promise i couldn't keep

it seems no one can help me now
i'm in too deep
there's no way out
this time i have really lead myself astray

runaway train, never goin' back
wrong way on a one-way track
seems like i should be getting somewhere
somehow i'm neither here nor there

can you help me remember how to smile?
make it somehow all seem worthwhile
how on earth did i get so jaded?
life's mysteries seem so faded
i can go where noone else can go
i know what no one else knows
here i am just drownin' in the rain
with a ticket for a runaway train

and everything seems cut and dry
day and night
earth and sky
somehow i just don't believe it

runaway train, never goin' back
wrong way on a one-way track
seems like i should be getting somewhere
somehow i'm neither here nor there

bought a ticket for a runaway train
like a madman laughing at the rain
little out of touch, little insane
it's just easier than dealing with the pain

runaway train, never goin' back
wrong way on a one-way track
seems like i should be getting somewhere
somehow i'm neither here nor there

runaway train, never comin' back
runaway train, tearin' up the track
runaway train, burnin' in my veins
i run away but it always seems the same

Fed up with my destiny
And this place of no return
Think I'll take another day
And slowly watch it burn
It doesn't really matter how the time goes by
Cause I still remember you and I
And that beautiful goodbye

We staggered through these empty streets
Laughing arm in arm
The night had made a mess of me
Your confession kept me warm
And I don't really miss you, I just need to know
Do you ever think of you and I
And that beautiful goodbye

When I see you now
I wonder how
I could've watched you walk away
If I let you down
Please forgive me now
For that beautiful goodbye

In these days of no regrets
I keep mine to myself
And all the things we never said
I can say for someone else
Cause nothing lasts forever, but we always try
And I just can't help but wonder why
We let it pass us by

When I see you now
I wonder how
I could've watched you walk away
If I let you down
Please forgive me now
For that beautiful goodbye
Baby what can I do
Oh, to get through to you
And sometimes I cry
It's a fools lullaby
And sometimes I cry
I'm dying inside

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.